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Three days later, on June 12, Liu Mingqi and his party finally arrived at Chengdu, the core town in Sichuan, the seat of the Sichuan Governor's Mansion, and the seat of the Southwest Governor's Mansion.
As the largest town in the entire Southwest, Chengdu¡¯s population actually exceeds 500,000.
This is not as good as the Imperial Palace, but it can be compared with those towns in the south of the Yangtze River.
The total population of Chengdu Prefecture is one million, distributed across the entire Chengdu Plain.
This is also the fertile land of Sichuan. Half of the reputation of the land of abundance comes from this plain.
A large part of the reason why the Chengdu Plain is so fertile is that Li Bing, the prefect of Shu County in the Qin Dynasty in ancient times, repaired Dujiangyan next to Chengdu into a great water conservancy project and completely tamed the unruly Minjiang River. From then on, Sichuan became The land of abundance.
The world before Liu Mingqi was like this, and it is the same in this era.
Chengdu Prefecture¡¯s geographical location and economy are among the best in the southwest, so business exchanges here are very developed.
Various mountain treasures from Xikang are sold here, and various mountain treasures from Nanzhao are also sold here. Even products from small foreign countries such as Piao, Luo, Baiyue, etc. can often be seen here.
That¡¯s not all.
Cattle, sheep, horses and other commodities from the northwest are also sold to many places in the southwest through Chengdu.
Various commodities from the south of the Yangtze River, the two lakes, and the north also arrive in Chengdu through the Grand Canal, Yangtze River Waterway, Minjiang Waterway, etc., and are then distributed to all parts of the southwest.
Once a city has so much business exchanges, it doesn¡¯t matter if it doesn¡¯t become a prosperous and lively place.
It will be just like Shanghai thousands of years later.
¡° If you want to place Shanghai¡¯s location and convenient transportation conditions in Kaili, Guizhou, then the title of the Magic City will also change accordingly.
??Basically Chengdu is the most prosperous city in this industry. After experiencing a few scares before, everyone agreed that it would be a shame not to have fun in Chengdu for three to five days.
Liu Mingjing was noisily asked to treat him.
Who told him to be in the limelight this time and realize his dream?
Liu Mingjing, who was always in a good mood, chose to book the venue without saying a word.
Liu Mingjing is very rich.
In the past year or so, Prince Yi's Mansion has made several large transactions with small tribal alliances relying on the goods provided by Liu Mingqi.
Although the horses were taken away by the court, the court did not collect any tax on other commodities. They bought and sold them along the way, earning hundreds or tens of thousands of taels of silver each trip.
Liu Mingjing is also the only son of Prince Yi. This time when he came out, Prince Yi and Princess Yi stuffed him with three to fifty thousand taels of silver in banknotes, which was enough for his extravagant expenses.
So on the first day they entered Chengdu, they booked a venue at the most famous Hualou in Chengdu, which directly shocked the upper class circles in Chengdu.
Now everyone knew about the arrival of the descendants of these clans and executives in the capital.
Ge Songdao, the governor of the southwest, knew the news earlier than others.
Because the news that Liu Mingqi and the others encountered the natives from Nanzhao twice in a row and almost killed them all had already reached the Governor's Mansion through the inn.
Ge Songdao was furious about this and ordered the generals from Panzhihua, Yibin and other places to thoroughly search the border areas and kill all the natives who came across the border.
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"Otherwise, Dakang will send troops to Nanzhao to attack the unjust."
How does Liu Mingqi know this?
It¡¯s very simple, Ge Songdao told him.
And now, face to face.
The day after Liu Mingqi and the others entered the city, Ge Songdao sent someone to invite Liu Mingqi to the Southwest Governor's Mansion early in the morning.
At first glance, Ge Songdao found that the 41-year-old Southwest Governor was quite elegant and amiable. If he were not wearing official robes, he would look like an ordinary teacher.
But who knew that this gentle and elegant middle-aged man was actually a murderous maniac in the three southwestern provinces and even the Nanzhao Kingdom?
In fact, Ge Songdao was originally a Confucian genius who was admitted as Tanhualang at the age of nineteen.
If I hadn¡¯t met my parents,p; Liu Mingqi said: "Don't you think Nanzhao, to the southwest of us, is too dangerous?"
Ge Song said: "!?"
Is Nanzhao in danger?
Why didn¡¯t I feel that?
Looking at the puzzled look on his face, Liu Mingqi thought nonsense, Nanzhao has been scared by you for many years, it¡¯s strange that they dare to mess around.
There happened to be a map of the southwest region in Ge Songdao's study.
The young man walked over, took a token, and pointed at it: "Nanzhao is close to our four provinces, namely Xikang, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi.
"Don't look at their weakness now. Once a hero emerges here and our Central Plains is weak, Governor Ge, do you think they will want to go directly north and occupy some of our territory?" For example, if we occupy Sichuan and then implement a seclusion blockade, wouldn't it be possible to integrate with them in a few decades? "
Ge Songdao shook his head, "Impossible. Even if they have the ability to defeat us, they will still be unable to bear it when we pacify the Central Plains and suppress them with overwhelming force! They will have to pay more price by then!"
Liu Mingqi asked: "But during this journey, our people, and our rich and prosperous country of heaven, may have already been empty, right?"
Ge Songdao was slightly stunned, but after a moment he could only nod silently.
This is also nonsense.
Once those uncivilized natives occupied the Kingdom of Heaven, how could they not burn, kill, and loot?
Even if the lost territory can be successfully recovered in this way, Sichuan will not be able to recover at all without thirty to fifty years of hard work and relief.
"So, I very much agree with Governor Ge's approach. Attack is the best defense." Liu Mingqi said: "Nanzhao has a very good terrain. It is located on the same plateau as Guizhou. It is rich in products and can also protect people. Our Kingdom of Abundance has moved the barrier a step further for the entire well-being, which is really a great merit!"
Ge Songdao still shook his head: "Your Highness, you have only considered our current four provinces. If Nanzhao is defeated, the enemies he will face are not weak!"
The southeast of Nanzhao is Li State and Baiyue, the south is Luo State, and the southwest is Piao State.
The natives of the four countries are even more uncivilized and vicious. They often go to war with Nanzhao just to snatch things.
Nanzhao spent at least half of its energy on dealing with them, so it was so soft on Dakang.
If Dakang takes Nanzhao into its hands, it will not only have to deal with Nanzhao's resistance forces, but also face the threats from the other four countries. In Ge Songdao's view, this is an absolute waste of time and money and not worth it.
Liu Mingqi sighed secretly.
Ge Songdao is already one of the best people of this era, but he still has great limitations of the times.
"If you go forward five hundred years and enter the industrial society, you will know how important it is to have your own outlet in the Indian Ocean.
With Myanmar as a place, we will naturally become the overlord in the Indian Ocean.
To the west, you can directly attack Third Brother, which has the best grain base in South Asia, and then transport it back to the country through Myanmar.
To the south, you can go directly to the sea, directly to the Arabian Peninsula and the Western world, and even Africa is no longer out of reach.
Thailand is also very good.
Dakang can pass through this place and firmly block the entire Strait of Malacca. Anyone who wants to do business between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific must obtain my consent.
Just by collecting taxes, Dakang can make a lot of money.
Of course, it would be better if both places accepted it.
If we take over Vietnam, we will no longer have any hidden dangers in the entire South China Sea.
Did you see it?
To put it bluntly, Liu Mingqi¡¯s goal is not Yunnan, our country¡¯s inherent territory since ancient times, but the Indochina Peninsula below Yunnan.
Once he controls the Indo-China Peninsula, Dakang will be an unbeatable giant in the Age of Discovery.
Even if the whole of Europe unites, no matter how powerful they are, they will not be able to reach the core area of ??Dakang.
"When we failed, we took refuge in the harbor and into the Pacific Ocean.
Once it develops, go out and fight them hard.
It's that simple.
And that¡¯s not counting the fact that the entire Indochina Peninsula can harvest three crops of food a year, making it the most important granary in the world.
The Huaxia in the previous life did not do this, and Liu Mingqi very much hopes that he can do it in this life.
The wasteful and barbarous land now will be a treasure in the future!
Even if it takes twenty, thirty, or fifty years.
Even if it takes one, three or five generations.
We should unswervingly occupy all these places and let them protect the vigorous development of our great prosperity! ! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)??Ah!
Even if it takes twenty, thirty, or fifty years.
Even if it takes one, three or five generations.
We should unswervingly occupy all these places and let them protect the vigorous development of our great prosperity! ! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com